Hamirpur gets Rs 6 cr for tourism
Tribune News Service

Hamirpur, October 13
With an aim to develop Hamirpur district as a tourist destination,
the government has allocated Rs 6 crore for developing tourists
facilities at various places in the district.

Hamirpur, which has been famous for religious tourism so far, will
soon have better infrastructure and facilities for tourists.

A new parking lot will be constructed by spending Rs 2 crore while Rs
30 lakh have been allocated for establishing a tourist information
centre at the district headquarters.

Since lakhs of devotees come every year to pay obeisance at the Baba
Balak Nath temple at Deoth-Sidh, the government has decided to
develop pathways and a park by spending Rs 20 lakhs there. Another
sum of Rs 75 lakhs has been allocated for providing better parking
facilities to the devotees. A tourist information centre will also be
established at Deoth-Sidh at a cost of Rs 30 lakh.

Nadaun will also get a parking lot built at a cost of Rs 35 lakh.
Another Rs 20 lakh will be spent on improving civic amenities. A
tourist information centre will also be established at Nadaun at a
cost of Rs 25 lakh.

Suajanpur, which is very famous for annual Holi festival and has many
places of historical interest, will get Rs 25 lakh for a parking, Rs
25 lakh to civic amenities and Rs 20 lakh for a tourist information
centre.

Similarly, a tourist information centre will be set up at Bhota for
which a amount of Rs 25 lakh has been allocated, a parking lot will
be established by spending Rs 15 lakh while Rs 10 lakhs will be spent
on providing civic amenities.

The DC, Hamirpur, confirmed the sanctioning of Rs 6 crore for the
integrated tourism development plan for the district. "Hamiprur,
Bhota, Deoth-Sidh, Sujanpur and Nadaun will get several facilities
under the scheme," he added.